Comparison

UCLA Mobile vs Gradescope

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

UCLA Mobile

This app serves as a central hub for UCLA resources and applications. It allows users to discover and access various UCLA apps, and personalize their own dashboard with frequently used ones for quick access.

Highlights
  • Centralized app dashboard
  • Personalized app collection
  • Quick access to UCLA apps
  • App-to-app launching
  • UCLA app catalog access
Features
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The UCLA mobile app is a mobile portal that blends UCLA content and resource links while also featuring UCLA's dynamic app landscape collected into a sliding Apps dashboard for the ease of UCLA's broad and diverse community. This allows the UCLA community to present a collection of UCLA's important apps while also allowing individuals to personalize their own dashboard with additional UCLA apps that they want to include in their UCLA mobile app environment. The app features app to app launches so that users have quick access into all of UCLA's native apps, listed in the UCLA app catalog.

About

Gradescope

Easily upload assignments for courses using this app. Submit files from your device or scan your work directly. Assign pages for variable-length assignments and resubmit if needed before the deadline.

Highlights
  • Upload assignments
  • Scan documents with camera
  • Select existing files
  • Assign pages for variable-length assignments
  • Resubmit assignments
  • View submitted and graded assignments
Features
Currently charting
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Students, upload your assignments to Gradescope more easily than ever before! If your instructor uses Gradescope for your assignments, you can now upload your submission with our mobile app. After installing and opening the app, login to see your Gradescope courses and assignments. To upload a submission, click on the assignment in the “Not Submitted” tab and either “Select File” to select an existing file from your device or “Scan” all pages of your completed work using your iPhone’s camera. Once you submit your file(s), for templated assignments, you’re all set. For variable-length assignments, “Assign pages” to indicate where your answer for each question appears within your submission. It’s that easy! After confirming, your assignment then moves to the “Submitted” tab. If needed, you can resubmit your assignment until the due date your instructor set has passed. Once it is graded and grades are published for the assignment, it then moves to the “Graded” tab. Note: For V1 of the app, you will be directed to our mobile website for any advanced functionality, including viewing feedback and submitting timed, programming, or online assignments. Stay tuned for future updates that will allow you to do even more with our mobile app!

Screenshots

UCLA Mobile3 screens
Gradescope4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UCLA Mobile at 2.5 against Gradescope's 1.4. UCLA Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Gradescope's advantage is ratings volume (231 vs 8) and chart position (#119 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UCLA Mobile holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gradescope has 231 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of UCLA Mobile's written reviews are positive against 9% of Gradescope's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UCLA Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, Gradescope every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
UCLA Mobile versus Gradescope: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCLA MobileGradescope
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (8 ratings) — better1.4 (231 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews9.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8231 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#119 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUniversity of California, Los AngelesTurnitin

Customer experience

UCLA Mobile

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative90.0%

Gradescope

All ratings231 ratings
Positive7.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative89.2%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive9.2%
Neutral7.1%
Negative83.7%

Bugs and requests

UCLA Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Gradescope

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Camera flash issues during scanning
  • Photos not uploading in correct order
  • Inconsistent download button behavior

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to sort assignments by due date
  • Integration of tools for instructors
  • Improved iPad and tablet optimization

In-app purchases

None

UCLA Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Gradescope

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UCLA Mobile free?
UCLA Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gradescope free?
Gradescope is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UCLA Mobile or Gradescope?
UCLA Mobile is rated higher. UCLA Mobile averages 2.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Gradescope averages 1.4 from 231 ratings.
Do UCLA Mobile or Gradescope have ads?
Neither UCLA Mobile nor Gradescope shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UCLA Mobile or Gradescope?
UCLA Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gradescope every 2 months. Most recently, UCLA Mobile was updated on July 21, 2026 and Gradescope on September 22, 2026.

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